Culture Gabfest - Crab Dystopia Edition
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4.2 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 March 2017
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
Julia Turner, Dana Stevens and Stephen Metcalf discuss Jordan Peele's horror film Get Out with Aisha Harris, the Oscars, and the new season of the BBC's Planet Earth.
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast contains explicit language. |
| 0:12.8 | I'm Stephen Meckaff, and this is the Slate Culture Gab Fest Crab Dystopia edition. |
| 0:18.6 | That is a really bad, David Attenborough. |
| 0:23.0 | I didn't even realize that's what that was. |
| 0:30.2 | Nor should you have. On today's show, Get Out is the debut film from Jordan Peel of Key and Peel fame. |
| 0:33.7 | He wrote and directed this horror comedy about the black boyfriend of a white girlfriend, |
| 0:37.8 | discovering the sinister truth of her seemingly racially enlightened family, |
| 0:42.4 | and then the lights, the stars, the dresses, the winds, the losses, and of course, capital T, capital F, the flub. We have to do it, the Oscars. And finally, planet Earth, the glorious |
| 0:47.8 | high-deaf opus about our common mama and the biodiversity she supports returns. It's on BBC |
| 0:54.1 | America and you can stream new episodes on Amazon and iTunes. |
| 0:57.7 | Joining me today is Slate's editor Julia Turner. |
| 1:00.1 | Hello, Julia. |
| 1:00.7 | Hi, Steve. |
| 1:01.9 | And of course, Dana Stevens, Slate's film critic. |
| 1:04.2 | Hey, Dana. |
| 1:04.8 | Hey, Stephen. |
| 1:06.5 | Julia, before we dig in, no doubt we have some business. |
| 1:10.0 | Yes, several pieces of business. |
| 1:12.1 | Number one, we are coming to Washington, D.C. to do a live show on April 19th, |
| 1:17.0 | and tickets are available for that live show at slate.com slash live. |
| 1:20.9 | Please come out and see our show. |
| 1:22.8 | We would be so delighted to see you. |
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